Eight selected startups, together with business developers from BizMaker, will travel to Berlin and Düsseldorf to broaden their international network.

Eight selected startups, together with business developers from BizMaker, will travel to Berlin and Düsseldorf to broaden their international network. On the agenda is a series of activities, all with the aim of eventually achieving international success. - For us, Germany is one of the major European markets. Reaching out internationally at an early stage is a necessity," says Lars-Erik Sjögren ... Read more

Hanna Johansson, CEO of Adsorbi.

Clean air is far from a given today. Every year, more than 3 million people die prematurely from diseases caused by polluted air at home, according to the WHO. At the same time, air purification often relies on fossil fuels and requires large amounts of materials. Start-up company Adsorbi wants to change that. They have developed a super material made from ... Read more

From left: Ewa Sandeheim - BizMaker, Carina Bergquist-Palm - Nordea's Norrlandsstiftelse, Olof Frensberg - Blå Grön Odling, Speech therapist Anna Nilsson, Emma Holmström - Mattematikvågen, Sofie Hallin - Nordea.

Today, Nordea's Norrlandsstiftelse awarded its sustainability prize at Härnösand's entrepreneur breakfast. Three startups from BizMaker's incubator program were awarded a total of SEK 50,000 for their innovative and sustainable solutions in three different categories. The award ceremony was led by Carina Bergquist-Palm and Sofie Hallin from Nordea's Norrlandsstiftelse, together with Ewa Sandeheim from BizMaker on stage. Ecological sustainability: SEK 10,000 ... Read more

Anna Kollberg, Futures Strategist at BizMaker.

Sundsvall and Västernorrland are facing extensive social transformation, including increased population growth. A decision has now been made to approve an in-depth feasibility study for creative and cultural industries in Västernorrland. The feasibility study "Into the heat" focuses on examining and investigating how we can strengthen and develop companies active in creative and cultural industries. ... Read more

Abelone Brander, Anna Nordlander and Hanna Nordenö are the team behind the women's health and well-being hub - Femillo.

It should be easy to find the right help, services and products for women's health and well-being. The Femillo hub is aiming to become the obvious choice in its niche. Now the company is taking its offering to the next level, preparing for the 2024 edition of the acclaimed Femillo Awards. With a background as an entrepreneur and Swedish expert on Amazon ... Read more

Xavitech has participated in BizMaker's Business Scaleup business development program and is showing great results.

Härnösand-based Xavitech's cutting-edge technology has taken the company's micropumps all the way into space. During its time in BizMaker's business development program Business Scaleup, Xavitech Micropumps AB has sharpened its business, increased turnover and taken several steps towards greater profitability. Xavitech Micropumps AB develops, manufactures and sells smart micropumps for a global market. The pumps, which are used primarily in gas analysis, are available ... Read more

Nicklas Boström and Patric Hörnsten Nilsson are the team behind the start-up company WatchitGolf from Örnsköldsvik.

The app developer WatchItGolf is ready to simplify the work of all the world's golf coaches through the industry's best analysis tool, directly on the phone. "A problem for us has been to get people to believe that it actually works, because this works just as well as the expensive stuff," says Patric Hörnsten Nilsson. For entrepreneurs Patrik Hörnsten Nilsson and Nicklas Boström ... Read more

Linnea Brännström is the CEO and founder of Original Creation, one of the participating startups in the Forest Business Accelerator.

Start-up company Original Creation is taking big steps forward with its digital traceability system. With funding from Vinnova and new contacts from BizMakers Forest Business Accelerator, the company is approaching its first pilot. In December, Original Creation was granted just over SEK 1 million in support from Vinnova through the research and innovation program Advanced Digitalization. The money will be used to develop a working product during the first ... Read more

Melinda Persson and Linda Morén have participated with the startup company DIRI Safety Solutions in BizMaker's business development program Forest Business Accelerator 2023.

Safer workplaces are the goal of DIRI Safety Solutions, which is developing a system for digital risk cards based on its own experience. The company is now leaving the pilot phase with several customer agreements - and is preparing to scale up. - Whatever the industry and product, people are needed to work, service and maintain it. We are the ones who keep people safe, ... Read more

Eker Bikes is a start-up company that produces premium bicycles in bamboo with manufacturing in Uganda.

With environmentally smart production and bikes in the premium segment, Eker Bikes aims to change the market both in its home country Sweden, the production country Uganda and in the rest of the world. The bamboo bikes can now be seen in the hands of ambassadors such as Anja Pärson.  "We want to increase brand awareness. Digital presence and visibility have been in focus recently, says co-owner Johan ... Read more

Sára Nožková, CEO and co-founder of FLOX Robotics.

Using a combination of AI and robotics, FLOX Robotics has developed a technology that is completely revolutionary. Four years after the idea was born, the company has customers in a range of industries where the common denominator is that they somehow have to deal with or relate to wildlife. - Through our participation in Forest Business ... Read more

Cecilia Nordlund is now a certified innovation manager at BizMaker.

Innovation development is part of BizMaker's DNA. So says business developer Cecilia Nordlund, who was recently approved as a certified innovation manager by the research institute RISE. "This quality assures the support we provide in systematic innovation work," she says. Contributing to strengthening the innovative power of companies in Västernorrland's business community and developing the ability of start-up companies to work strategically with innovations is ... Read more